The truth of the matter is that Iran is a cancer.

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

The more you observe politics, the more you’ve got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

Let’s be honest. Canada wasn’t ever cool.

Ronald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they’d both unite against an invasion from Mars.

When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered. Because if you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times… and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen.

I don’t think President Trump is a racist.

Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him.

Politics have no relation to morals.

Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven’t had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

I’m the president of the United States. I’m not the emperor of the United States.

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as ‚evil.‘ Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such black-and-white moral absolutism.

A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known.

The universe is transformation: life is opinion.

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win.

When ‚Paul’s Boutique‘ came out, I was one of the fans that didn’t get it.

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language… one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.

The fundamental question I believe is, ‚Is political Islam in our best interest?‘ If not, what is our policy to authoritatively support the countervailing forces?

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

That government is best which governs least.

I consider ISIS nothing more than an excuse for Iran to continue its mischief.

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

If people continue to feel like Democrats are looking after poor folks and Republicans are looking after rich folks and nobody is looking after me, then we don’t get a lot of stuff done. And the trend lines evidence the fact that folks have gotten squeezed. And obviously, 2007, 2008 really ripped open for people how vulnerable they were.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.

Is the Iranian record of intervention and terror worse than that of the U.S.?

Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

I would remind you the lesser of two socialists is still a socialist.

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.

Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs.

There must always remain something that is antagonistic to good.

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring.

Who’s to say what’s a good voice and not a good voice?

You’ve got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.

All people are born alike – except Republicans and Democrats.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

We are not going to be satisfied by politicians saying ‚we support you‘ and then walking away. We won’t be satisfied until they meet our demands and act. That’s why simply taking a selfie or posting support on Twitter isn’t enough. That’s why we have to keep striking.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

There’s not going to be a World War III, because there is no one to have World War III with.

Obviously, I’m no fan of the radical left.

If you’re in business or politics, you need to have an intense understanding of what’s going on around you.

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.